title: Transthoracic echocardiographic detection of pulmonary valve involvement in Löeffler's endocarditis.
abstract: We are describing pulmonary valve involvement with thickening and stenosis detected by two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography in an adult presenting with Löeffler's endocarditis. To our knowledge, this has not been described previously. Complete regression of the lesions occurred with corticosteroid therapy. Tricuspid valve thickening and stenosis and thickening and thrombus formation in the right ventricle also present initially disappeared completely with therapy.
authors.affiliation: Jaipur Heart Institute, Jaipur, India.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Navin C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Nanda
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sungur
authors.forename: Gyarsi Lal
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Kruti Jayesh
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Tuğba Kemaloğlu
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Öz
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones
keywords: Löeffler's endocarditis; echocardiography; hypereosinophilic syndrome; pulmonary valve